Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion..

I love beautiful black-and-white movies - anything Bette Davis, especially Now, Voyager, Casablanca, Mildred Pierce; anything by Orson Welles, Truffa….

I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I should work toward a ….

Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history..

People ask me when I decided to become a playwright, and I tell them I decide to do it every day. Most days it's very hard because I'm frightened - n….

The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat. And faith in God, or whatever you ….

Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth..

Some people think I am an issue-oriented writer, but I've never said to myself, I'm gong to write about such-and-such an issue - that would make for ….

Youre only yourself when no ones watching!.

I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about what it means..

The writing of Topdog was a great gift. I feel the play came to me because I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak,….

My father was in the Army and we moved around a lot, and one of my favorite places was the library..

I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it. I knew that I was lea….

My plays are for the kind of black people who relate to funk music, to Parliament-Funkadelic. When those guys get out of a spaceship - the idea that ….

Be bold. Envision yourself living a life that you love. Believe, even if you can only muster your faith for just this moment, believe that the sort o….

The first time I went over to [my director's] house, he said to me, This is a very strange play. I was pleased that he reminded me of that. [He] unde….

And as you walk yr road, as you live yr life, RELISH THE ROAD. And relish the fact that the road of yr life will probably be a windy road..

Quality is like quantity, but there's a lot less of it..